- 312 28 Oct Constantine becomes the sole ruler of the Roman empire in the west with victory at the Milvian Bridge.
- 1918 28 Oct The German navy mutinies at Kiel rather than go into battle with the Royal Navy for a final time.
- 1962 28 Oct Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agrees to remove missiles from Cuba, ending the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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